Hamnet’ is a family drama about William Shakespeare, his wife Agnes, and their children. Learn how the movie blends fact and ...

As she watches the play “Hamlet” for the first time, Shakespeare’s grief-stricken wife begs to know what this work of fiction ...

Two of the latter are appropriately inspired by the turmoil of real events: one, a historical fiction based on Shakespeare’s ...

Yes. Hamnet was the only son of Agnes and William, and the twin brother of their second daughter, Judith. He died at the age ...

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley star as William Shakespeare and his wife in Chloé Zhao’s film, based on Maggie O’Farrell’s ...

We visited the birthplace of William Shakespeare to summon the playwright’s spirit in the town where he lived—and which comes ...

Remarkably few movies have taken a look at the life of the Bard. With the release of 'Hamnet,' we look back on three past ...

Who was William Shakespeare, really? What was he like as a person? George Bernard Shaw once quipped that “everything we know about Shakespeare can be got into a half-hour sketch,” but if you limit ...

William Shakespeare had a son, Hamnet, who likely inspired one of his most famous plays and who died when he was 11 years old. Novelist Maggie O'Farrell was disappointed that more people weren't ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By James Shapiro THE PRIVATE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE By Lena Cowen Orlin Much of the evidence ...

Shakespeare died almost 400 years ago, but if blogger Joe Muldoon had it his way, we would all still speak like the Bard. Muldoon talks about his op-ed, "We Can't All Be Shakespeare — But We Could Try ...